The theme of the symposium is "AI and Post-epidemic". It is jointly curated by the JALAB Jewelry Accessory Lab and IML Integrated Media Laboratory from College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University.

This is a special moment for us all. The pandemic cuts the bonds in the physical world but widens the bridge in the digital world. The overlaps of uncertainty cultivated from deep learning and the epidemic have blurred our expectations for the future. Neural networks have been learning from reality, but also inadvertently surpassing reality. The excitement of breaking through the unknown is intertwined with the anxiety of being replaced, forming complex human emotions; the development of digital technology has not filled the gap between illusion and reality but has piled up new questions. Capital is wrapped in the unknown of cutting-edge technology, chasing an ideal utopia; While those who are addicted to digital pleasure also quietly seek security from retro and nature. The world is becoming more fragmented and technology is becoming more powerful. People who are in the midst of great changes can see the future direction, but can't see it clearly.

This year's symposium still focuses on digital innovation and contemporary design, inviting leading scholars all over the world to give speeches. The content covers the following topics:

- Traditional cultural renewal,

- artificial intelligence and generative design,

- digital jewelry and virtual fashion,

- immersive media and other topics.

We hope to revisit this "old school" topic from different perspectives such as art and science, tradition and fashion, virtuality and reality, industry and academia, bringing the most cutting-edge vision and discussion in this field for our partners who care about and love the digitalization of art and culture. As an essential part of Tongji Design Week, we will provide simultaneous interpretation and online live broadcasts.

Doctor of Design, Chiba University, Japan, Professor of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Doctoral Supervisor

Mainly engaged in design behavior, cognition and design thinking research, and presided over product development and design. Currently, he is a review expert of the National Science and Technology Award, an undergraduate teaching evaluation expert of the Ministry of Education, a subject evaluation expert, a deputy chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Art Design Undergraduate Professional Teaching Guidance Committee, a director of the China Industrial Design Association, an executive director of the Shanghai Industrial Design Association, and Shanghai Creative Director of the Workers’ Association, Vice Chairman of the World Chinese Design Academic Association, Member of Japan Design, Member of Japan Art Engineering Society.

Uemachi Tatsuya was graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 2006 and joined the Nikon Group Design Department. In 2013, he founded Secca Inc. and began to explore the combination of digital technology and traditional craftsmanship to create unique products through unprecedented expression. This is a creation-centered, innovative entity with an independent production workshop that focuses on utensils, musical instruments, jewelry and digital digitization of traditional crafts. From 2014 to 2015, Uemachi was also a guest lecturer at Kanazawa University of Arts and Crafts. Umeda has also won several international design awards, including the Japan Good Design Award, the German Red Dot Best Design Award and the iF Design Award.

Dabeiyuzhou (LIN Kunhao), born in 1990 in Fujian, is one of high-profile digital artists in China. He is known for extremely exquisite and transcendent virtual worlds shown in his works. Recently, he starts building databases with interdisciplinary knowledge and open-source information, combined with algorithmic programs to create ever-changing information complexes.

Dabeiyuzhou explores the interaction between human consciousness and cutting-edge technology in this Internet era, and constructs a personal system of human-machine synergy through data collection, algorithm generation and artist intervention to process information. He is a techno-optimist who believes in technology as an enrichment in the current era of both desire and worship for information and data. In his works, algorithms break through the boundaries of reality, summoning possibilities and futures into the present time and space.

Founder and Head of Design at BOLTENSTERN, develops computationally generated designs and design systems made of precious metals. Together with her young team she is focusing on the development of a disruptive design- and production process for precious metal products. BOLTENSTERN is specialized in direct precious metal 3d printing, which allows for production of metal parts that cannot be produced by hand. Marie gained her experience over the past years studying and working in Berlin, London, Paris and Vienna. With her design team she realized award-winning projects in Los Angeles and Toronto. Since 2014 she is teaching computational design strategies at the Architectural Association Visiting School in Jordan. 

Dr. Florence University, historian, art history expert, has long been committed to the study of art works, archives research, bibliographic research, ancient and modern art forensics, evaluation, cataloging and restoration. His research interests include modern art history, European national art history, medieval art history, engraving history, book history, etc., Roberto Longhi Art History Research Fund.

He is the assistant director of research institute of Media & Interaction Design, School of Design & Innovation, China Academy of Art, teacher, member of Shanghai Artists Association, mediated reality designer, bounded in strict but orderly education in China, France, and the UK, resulting in a creative aesthetic combining art and technology. From 2016 to 2021, his works of augmented reality, mixed reality, video insta llations, and full dome movies have been exhibited in Wuhan, Hangzhou, Shanghai, London, Jena, Barcelona. At the present stage, he focuses on creating spimes on the Reality-Virtuality Continuum to augment human.

Doctor, Associate Professor at College of Design and Innovation

founder of JALAB Jewelry Innovation Lab, visiting scholar at Politecnico di Milano. dedicated to the integration of digital technology, contemporary culture, and jewelry industry. Research in Digital craft, conservation and innovation for art and cultural heritage, European luxury industry, and modern jewellery design History. His work has been exhibited in Museo del Gioiello Vicenza, SIHH(Salon International Haute Horlogerie), Salone del Mobile Milano, Venice Biennale, New York Design Week, V&A Shenzhen Design Society, Shanghai How Museum, International Metal Crafts and Jewelry Art Exhibition. Etc. He won the DIA Design Intelligence Award and his work has been permanently collected by the China Design Museum.

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Doctor, Associate Professor at College of Design and Innovation

Co-founder of Tongji Integrated Media Design Lab, head of Tongji Sound Lab, founder of Limage Studio. Visiting scholar and guest lecturer at Parsons School of Design in New York. Dedicated to the teaching and research of digital media design, motion design and new media art.,related creative practices. He has rich experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation. The content of his works includes video art, 3D animation, creative coding, sound design, new media performance and other comprehensive areas.